Just a Piece of Paper

It’s an ordinary day and an ordinary thing. 

 Just a piece of paper. 

 Just a little bill. 

 Just a piece of paper, and then 

I could give you a ring. 

 I know I need to pay the charge, 

 thoughts of not make me ill. 

 Pay and pay I will, but not until 

The damn thing appears. 

 Always, always on days like this; 

 The time ticks; 

 Quick, quick, quick. 

 Searching madly, blindly, franticly 

 On and on, hunting, 

 Scavenging through the bin, 

 Which it is not in, 

 Annoying, irritating, round and around, again and again. 

 In a rush, too much to do, 

 Too little 

Time, 

 Time, 

 Going,

 Gone! 

But later, after the office shuts, 

 the phone lines cut 

 Out for the night. 

 There it was; 

Peeking out, in plain sight. 

All the while, it had been 

 Right where I left it yesterday. 

 Today I will put it somewhere safer.

Two Haiku

Two Haiku on the spelling pattern 'ou' 

Henry ate more trout 

round and stout, trousers don't fit 

mounds of food gives gout 

 A man found a pound 

On the ground, pounced with a shout 

Scout heard shouts; Good Cause.

A Science Lesson

A Science Lesson (with apologies to Joyce Grenfell) 

 Now, this subject is really weighty, 

Concentrate. Now, what is it Katy? 

Where was I? 

 Ah yes. Your point is Glen? 

Dale, DALE! Please don’t eat your pen. 

Now, look! You’re all but covered in ink. 

Oh Lilly, you know you don’t write in pink. 

I really would like to start this lesson. 

No, NO! Billy! Please don’t turn the gas on! 

What’s that? Are we doing a practical? 

Only if you work well; this is factual. 

Copy the instructions off the board. 

Now Laurence, don’t do that with that cord. 

You’ll strangle yourself. 

 Now Craig, you’ve broken 

Your calculator! 

 No! Peter, you’ll choke on 

 That pen lid. 

 Oh No! Fetch the nurse, Amber, please! 

 Jack! Jack! 

 Get out of my purse! 

Now, altogether children, lets listen, 

You never know, you may learn something this lesson. 

Laurence, take that off, that’s not a mask! 

Laura, if you don’t understand it, just ask. 

Ok, now draw this. 

 Sam! 

 That’s typical! 

I am fed up! 

 Your behaviour; it’s despicable! 

James, can it be, that’s all you’ve written? 

Rosie, ROSIE! 

The stool is only to sit on. 

Right! Let’s get the bunsens set up. 

No, No! Sebastian, that should not be cut! 

Don’t stir with that. Use this instead. 

James, why is it you’ve done your drawing in red? 

Who did this graffiti on this table? 

Josh, boil the water in this kettle. 

No, Louis, we don’t say ‘Hell!’ 

 Oh, thank goodness. 

 Is that the Bell?